For some reason, at random, among 20 PCs on my network, in the morning or during the day, the network connection stops responding for both intranet and internet communications. The only solution thus far is to remove the NIC from the Device Manager, reboot the PC, and let Windows XP Pro find the...

Can a hacker install a Trojan/spyware virus onto an iPhone 5c if you use it as a personal hotspot for a windows computer, if you visit a bad website and your compute gets the virus will my iPhone 5c also get it as it is the personal hotspot? I'm only talking about Trojans and spyware as I have...

We are a company where we have experience on network remote administration and now we have open a new area, The area of security. Now I need to start to make new procedures like when a new customer come to us and ask if we can handle the security for his network. I need to know if some one can...

I understand about restoring the computer. However, for right now, how do I rid this virus from my computer? Norton finds it, but when I click "remove" it doesn't remove it like it usually does. I'm not sure how to set up firewalls, but I'll find that out later too. Any tips about removing it from...

When you earlier used to insert my pen drive in the USB port, a virus called autorun.inf used to pop up and none of the folders used to be visible only their shortcuts were visible and they didn't work. Now the different files appear with different random icons though they stay in the same format....

I acquired a TROJAN that has become a bit of a problem to get rid. I have tried reformatting my flash drive since that's where it originated with no results. It has jumped to my laptop and though it does not seem to be causing a problem I still would like to clear it. I have change virus protection...

I am re-imaging 12 PCs in a local network. The clients of my network are between the ages of 5 and 16. And have to be accessible to them during my installations and hardening. We haven't been approved for $ to cover the anti-virus cost, yet. so i'm out there like a sitting duck until I can proceed....

I am having trouble getting rid of a repeating Trojan Horse virus on a computer using Symantec Endpoint Protection Version 11.0.4202.75. I have done the following: performed full scan in safe mode, used Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer, disconnected computer from network, updated virus...

Somebody was on my system and viewing pages they should not have been and now I have a virus. A window comes up that says Resident Shield Alert c:\windows\system32\phc5j4j0ee5l.bmp,it also says threat name is "trojan horse Generic_c.0YJ. I've tried doing a system restore, but that didn't work and...

Hi, I'm sorry if I had chosen the wrong recipient. I am running Windows 2000. When I open my browser (IE 6.0) I get this:res://shdocpv.dll/blank.htmOrres://C:WinntSystem32shdocpv.dllsecurity.htm Please help me to get rid of this. Thanks!

A short time ago, author Wes Noonan wrote some tips for SearchWindowsSecurity.com about deperimeterization. He explained how security is always pitted against business needs, and perimeters have become porous because businesses require traffic from SMTP, HTTP or VPNs to pass through the firewall....

I'm getting delivery failures for email I didn't send. It's probabaly someone spoofing my account, but could it be a trojan sending emails directly via SMTP? How can I tell? Is there a way to query the SMTP service for a list of sent emails?

Apart from honeypots, what are the different methods to find unknown threats which are prevalent? How do I find methods to mitigate them. PS: all the vulnerabilities are known to all the n/w administrators and then can take measures to mitigate attacks but this doesn't happen..Hackers are at least...

Hi all! I've read the term "manipulation engine" (related to passwords) in a couple of papers but aside from guessing could not find a proper definition of it (not even in this website !!!). Can anyone please redirect me to / provide a clear definition of this term, related to "Security"? Many...

I have been given the task of developing user awareness 1-pager fact sheets to be distributed on a monthly basis in our company newsletter and posted on our intranet. I can write these from scratch but was hoping not to have to reinvent the wheel. Help?

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